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{{short description|English football manager}}
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'''Alan Smith''' (born 28 December 1946) is an English former football [[Manager (association football)|manager]], who has managed [[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] and [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]].
 
==Management career==
 
===Wimbledon===
Smith began his coaching career in non-league football with [[Wimbledon F.C.]] He was appointed Reserve Team Coach to Allen Batsford in the 1975-76 season before they entered the Football League.
 
===Dulwich Hamlet===
In 1977 Smith moved to take the role as Manager of [[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.|Dulwich Hamlet]], who had just been relegated from the [[Isthmian League]]. In his first season they were promoted back to the Premier Division as Champions finishing 4th in the 1978-79 season and 3rd in the 1979-80 season. At the end of the 1980-1981 season having finished 15th Smith resigned due to business commitments, but during this period had also been appointed Joint Manager of the Isthmian League Representative Team.
 
===Crystal Palace===
Smith was then appointed by [[Alan Mullery]], the then [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] Manager, in 1983-84 as Youth/Reserve Team Coach and continued in this role throughout [[Steve Coppell]]’s era from 1984 until he was made Assistant Manager in 1989.
 
When Coppell resigned following relegation from the [[Premier League]] in 1993 Smith was appointed Manager and achieved instant success at [[Selhurst Park]] as his team won the [[Football League Championship|Division One Championship]] and he was awarded the [[League Managers Association Awards|League Manager's Association ‘Championship Manager of the Year’]].
 
In Smith’s first year in the [[Premier League]] Palace reached both Semi Finals of the Domestic Cup competitions losing to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] after a replay. Unfortunately for Palace and Smith they were relegated on the final day of the season as the [[Premier League]] reduced the size of the Division and four teams were relegated with Palace going down on a record 48 points, the highest number ever recorded by a team being relegated. Smith was sacked a few days later.
'''Alan Smith''', born 28 December 1946, is an English former [[Coach (sport)|football manager]] who began his coaching career as [[Steve Coppell]]'s assistant at [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]. When Palace suffered relegation from the Premiership in 1993, Coppell resigned and Smith moved up to the manager's seat. Smith achieved instant success at [[Selhurst Park]], as his side won the Division One championship, but 1994–95 was a difficult season in which the club's survival chances were sabotaged by a shortage of goals. There was some hope in the cup competitions which lasted until Palace lost in the semi finals of both domestic cup competitions, but their relegation battle was lost on the final day of the season and Smith was sacked a few days later.
 
===Wycombe Wanderers===
Smith was not out of work for long. He accepted an offer from [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] to succeed [[Martin O'Neill]] as manager, but was sacked in September 1996 after a terrible start to the 1996–97 Division Two campaign, alienating himself from the Chairboys' fanbase in the process with what were perceived to be negative long-ball tactics.
 
===Fulham and Crystal Palace (second spell)===
FromOne 1997of to[[Kevin 2000,Keegan]]’s Smithfirst wasappointments employedon byjoining [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] was to employ Smith as the club's new Academy Director, buta role he quitheld from 1997 to 2000. Smith resigned this roleposition in the summer of 2000 to again replace Steve Coppell as Manager of [[Crystal Palace manager,F.C.|Crystal Palace]] under new chairmanChairman [[Simon Jordan]].
 
Palace reached the 2000–01 [[Football League Cup|Worthington]] semiCup semi-finals, but Smith was sacked in April with relegation looking imminent. Survival was achieved against all odds by caretaker manager [[Steve Kember]].
 
Smith was not employed in football for eight years sinceafter his dismissal from Palace in April 2001, though worked as an agent with one of his clients manager [[Chris Coleman (footballer)|Chris Coleman]].
 
===Middlesbrough===
Smith joined [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] as a footballFootball consultantConsultant in July 2009. He joined the club to help Middlesbrough manager [[Gareth Southgate]], who played under Smith during his time at Crystal Palace, with their bid to return to the [[Premier League]] following relegation. Southgate and chairmanChairman [[Steve Gibson (businessman)|Steve Gibson]] discussed the matter in detail before the appointment, which seessaw Smith take a behind-the-scenes role, rather than being involved on the training pitch or in the dressing room.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,1~1718310,00.html |title=Alan Joins Boro Backroom |publisher=MFC.co.uk |date=10 July 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=18 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712041959/http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C1~1718310%2C00.html |archive-date=12 July 2009 }}</ref>
 
On 20 October 2009, Gareth Southgate was sacked by Middlesbrough; it is noted that Smith also left the club, but it is unclear whether he was sacked or just decided to leave.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/8317621.stm |title=Middlesbrough sack boss Southgate |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=20 October 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2009}}</ref>
 
==Qualifications==
==Managerial statistics==
Smith was in the first batch of coaches in England to be awarded the FA Advanced Coaching Licence (UEFA ‘A’ Award). He also has the unique qualification for a Football Manager of having been appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors having qualified in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeremy |last=Alexander |title=Coleman's stark lesson for my Palace pups|newspaper=The Observer |publisher=ProQuest NewsStand |date=7 January 2001 }}</ref>
 
==Other Sporting Activities==
Smith continued passing on his coaching and business advice forming a company in 2004 with [[Alec Stewart]], the England and Surrey Cricketer, which dealt with sponsorship and advertising for sporting clients and companies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.essentiallygroup.com/essentially-acquires-arundel-promotions-limited/ |title=Essentially acquires Arundel Promotions Limited |publisher=essentiallygroup.com |date=29 October 2009 |access-date=19 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815104909/http://www.essentiallygroup.com/essentially-acquires-arundel-promotions-limited/ |archive-date=15 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==Managerial Statistics (excluding Non-League Football)==
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==Honours==
;Crystal Palace
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1993–94 Football League#First Division|1993–94]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeremy |last=Alexander |title=Palace promoted a day late – Luton Town 0, Crystal Palace 1 |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=ProQuest NewsStand |date=18 April 1994 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/alan-smith/ |title=Alan Smith profile |website=League Managers Association |access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref>
 
;Individual
*Football League First Division Manager of the Month: April 1994<ref>{{cite news |title=Sporting Digest: Football |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-football-1433932.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803090135/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-football-1433932.html |archive-date=2016-08-03 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |website=The Independent |date=6 May 1994 |access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref>
*League Manager's Association ‘Championship Manager of the Year’: 1994
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{soccerbase manager|id=30|name=Alan Smith}}
*[http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=30 Managerial record] at soccerbase.com
 
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